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Thing Knowledge: A Philosophy of Scientific Instruments
Davis Baird
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| #387956 in Books | 2004-02-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.90 x6.00l,1.24 | File type: PDF | 296 pages||2 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| History of Scientific Instruments with a Philosphical Twist|By Paul Baker|When I saw the title I was excited. I wanted to know how the knowledge captured in instruments could be harnessed. This book gives concrete examples and details on how knowledge is captured in models and instruments. It is rather theoretical and philosophical. I covered chapters 1, 2, 6,and 10. The a|From the Inside Flap|
"Davis Baird's Thing Knowledge uses instruments to do philosophy. Grappling with a wonderful assortment of objects—from antique orreries to modern spectrographs—he draws the reader deep into fascinating questions abou
Western philosophers have traditionally concentrated on theory as the means for expressing knowledge about a variety of phenomena. This absorbing book challenges this fundamental notion by showing how objects themselves, specifically scientific instruments, can express knowledge. As he considers numerous intriguing examples, Davis Baird gives us the tools to "read" the material products of science and technology and to understand their place in culture. Making a pro...
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